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W32.Taplak

by Marianna Schmudlach Nov 20, 2003 10:57PM PST

Discovered on: November 20, 2003
Last Updated on: November 21, 2003 04:25:02 PM

W32.Taplak is a worm that attempts to spread through the KaZaA file-sharing network.

The worm is written in Visual Basic, and current submissions have been packed with ASPack.

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Note: Virus definitions dated prior to November 20, 2003 may detect this threat as W32.Klap
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Also Known As: W32.Klap

Type: Worm

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.taplak.html